A young and inexperienced Indian hockey side are getting ready for the forthcoming Asia Cup, but high performance director Roelant Oltmans is confident of a good show at the crucial tournament, to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Ace paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad opened his campaign at the IPC world swimming championships with a 10th place finish in the 200m individual medley in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday.

M. Srinivas Reddy-trained Golden Arrow, who won his last outing quite impressively, should win the K. Mahipathi Rao Memorial Million 1400 metres, the feature event of the Independence Day’s races to be held here on Thursday. False Rails are up.

Pesi Shroff-trained Oxbridge holds an edge over rest of the runners to win the PRA Independence Million, the feature event of the races to be held here on Thursday.

R.V. Gowli-trained Malpensa is fancied to win the Sweet Senorita Cup 1200 metres, the main event of the races to be held here on Wednesday.

Former India skipper Baichung Bhutia endorsed the proposed IMG-Reliance League next year and said the IPL-style football tournament would help revive the sport in the country as the I-League had failed to create any impact.

Da Xia pleased when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course here on Tuesday.

Lavishing praise on the unique concept of the inaugural IBL, world no. 4 Saina Nehwal on Tuesday said India’s hopes of winning medals at the Olympics were not far-fetched, if the shuttlers continued to perform consistently.

Trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, the first Indian to win two back-to-back World Cup gold medals, was on Tuesday recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, while cricketer Virat Kohli and rising badminton star P.V. Sindhu were among the 15 nominated for the Arjuna award by the selection committee here.

Kavitta Verma, who made her debut with Policegiri, had a narrow escape during one of her biking escapades on the streets of Mumbai.